Members of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are now on the ground alongside state investigators hoping to find exactly

Over time, however, the names can get a little awkward in light of new revelations.

Nowadays there are various infections for whose presence we are not yet aware of.

Exactly how 10 people in Illinois recently became infected with a rare bacterial illness called Elizabethkingia is still a mystery, but a new repor

Since late 2015, an outbreak of a rare bacterial infection known as Elizabethkingia has infected dozens and killed more than 20 people, most of the

He also called attention to a rare outbreak of community-associated Elizabethkingia anophelis.

Outbreaks of the mysterious bacteria, Elizabethkingia, has been reported in Wisconsin and most recently, in Illinois.

Elizabethkingia results from bacteria that is naturally ... "It frustrates them and surprises us all," Schaffner told ABC News.

MILWAUKEE — Children's Hospital of Wisconsin says one of its patients has been diagnosed with the bloodstream infection Elizabethkingia (ee-LI

A patient in Children's Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit has been infected with the Elizabethkingia bacterium, hospital officials

On 11 April 2016, the National IHR Focal Point of the United States of America notified PAHO/WHO of an outbreak caused by Elizabethkingia anophelis

(CNN)A new cluster of Elizabethkingia infection, previously rarely seen in humans, has been found in Illinois, health officials said Wednesday.

Illinois health officials are reporting a cluster of cases of a rare bloodstream infection they detected while investigating a Wisconsin outbreak.

Six people have died in Illinois with infections caused by Elizabethkingiaanophelis, though the strain of the bacteria that sickened them is differ

Elizabethkingia anophelis bacteria growing on a blood agar plate.

An outbreak of Elizabethkingia bacterial infections has spread to Illinois, as the March death of a 52-year-old woman there has been tied to 18 sim

While many may be worried about the spread of Zika virus to the United States, a rare infectious disease has claimed the lives of at least 20 in th

An outbreak of rare Elizabethkingia anaophelis infections in Wisconsin and beyond have left communities and health officials with questions about t

(CNN)The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed one case of Elizabethkingia in a resident who died earlier this year.

The bacteria, called Elizabethkingia, does not usually cause illness in humans, but in recent months it has sickened dozens and killed 17 people in

A mysterious outbreak of an extremely rare bloodstream infection has been ongoing in Wisconsin for at least four months, and public health official

Since last November, more than 50 people in Wisconsin have been sickened by mysterious bacteria called Elizabethkingia anophelis.

Elizabethkingia is killing people in Wisconsin. It could be spreading to Michigan. But no one knows where it came from.

Elizabethkingia is a rare condition. It doesn’t normally effect humans, and is found in river water and soil.